contemporaneus
Latin
Etymology
From con- + tempus (“time”) + -āneus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔn.tɛm.pɔˈraː.ne.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kon̪.t̪em.poˈraː.ne.us]
Adjective
contemporāneus (feminine contemporānea, neuter contemporāneum); first/second-declension adjective
- contemporary, contemporaneous
- Synonyms: contemporālis, contemporārius, coaevus, coaetāneus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | contemporāneus | contemporānea | contemporāneum | contemporāneī | contemporāneae | contemporānea | |
| genitive | contemporāneī | contemporāneae | contemporāneī | contemporāneōrum | contemporāneārum | contemporāneōrum | |
| dative | contemporāneō | contemporāneae | contemporāneō | contemporāneīs | |||
| accusative | contemporāneum | contemporāneam | contemporāneum | contemporāneōs | contemporāneās | contemporānea | |
| ablative | contemporāneō | contemporāneā | contemporāneō | contemporāneīs | |||
| vocative | contemporānee | contemporānea | contemporāneum | contemporāneī | contemporāneae | contemporānea | |
Descendants
- → English: contemporaneous
- → French: contemporain
- → Italian: contemporaneo
- → Portuguese: contemporâneo
- → Romanian: contemporan
- → Spanish: contemporáneo
References
- contemporaneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- contemporaneus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “contemporaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press